The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-08-05
REPUBLICANS IN KENTUCKY
Find Themselves About $4,000
Stronger Than TWO Years Ago.
Latest Returns Indicate Buckner's
Majority Less Than 1000,
While the Final Result is Still In
Doubt.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 4.-The Courier
Journals returns from sixty-four legislative
districts show the election to the house of
forty-nine Democrats, thirteen Republicans,
one Prohibitionist, and ones Union Labor
candidate. There are thirty-six distrists
yet to hear from which will largely increase
the Democratic list.
The Courier-Journal, in review of the
State elections, says: The additional re-
turns this morning do not give any indication
of ground swell. As far as we can Judge,
the Democratic losses are due to confidence
in our party and unusually good organiza-
tion on the part of the Republicans. The
Republicans voted and the Democrats stayed
at home. Our returns are from ffty-slx
counties, which cast 60 per cent. OF the whole
vote of the State. The Republican vote in
counties reporting is little over GO per cent.
Of the total, and the Demscratic vote Is lit
tie over 58. These fifty-six counties show a
loss from the Cleveland majority (34,839 OF
771O. III the ratio Of gains and losses con-
tinue the same for the remaining per cent,
the net Democratic loss will be 1850, leay-
ing Buckner majority over Bradley of 21,
$50. The Republicans are claiming better
things than this from the mountain counties.
but some of their best counties have report
ed, while the counties in the western portion
of the State have been slow with their re-
uation which indicates greater proportion
ate loss in the remaining counties, and with
the information obtainable this morning we
do not doubt Buckner will have 22,C00 more
votes than Bradley. III the majority is not
not as large as our pride demands, the Dem
ocrats have only themselves to blame.
The Louisville Commercial summary of
the election is that seventy-eight counties
have reported so far, leaving forty to re-
port; These figures are from the most relia-
die dispatches, agreeing with the returns re-
ceived at both the Republican and Democrat
ic headquarters The average gain of the
Republicans from reports so far received Is
1852 On the same ratio the net Republican
gain in the whole State will be 2S,675. This
will leave majority for Buckner, counting
the vote for Knott as 4f0c1, Of 5,725. The
gross Republican gain, so far as heard from,
Is $500. Six counties show a Democratic
gain of $50, leaving net Republican gain Of
"a, AL.
New YORK, Aug. 4.-The Tribune's Louis
vile special says: "W. o. Bradley came
from Lancaster this afternoon and was sere-
naded tonight. He responed in brief
speech to an immense crowd Of people from
opinion that he had been elected Governor
of Kentucky and stating that there should
be fair official count of the votes. Returns
from seventy-one counties give Re
publican gain of 24,000. Not sin
gle county yet reports Republican loss.
1t is estimated by the State committee that
this rate will be maintained in the mountain
counties, and that Bradley is elected by from
5000 to 6000 His majority will hardly vary
far from these figures. Two mountain coun-
ties just heard from give Bradley gain of
14O0 votes over Blaine's vote.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 5.-The Commercial
Gazette's Louisville, Ky. special says: ''Sev-
enty-six counties show a gain Of 1900 for
Bradley. IL the same rate is maintained in
the 81 counties to hear from, Buckner will
not have over 200 plurality. The back coun-
view of this the State is still greatly in
doubt.